Auto Club: Mid-Summer Sees Third Straight Week of Gas Price Declines.Business Editors/Automotive Writers/Travel Writers LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2003 For the third consecutive week, gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by prices fell across the Southwest, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Automobile Club of Southern California's Weekend Gas Watch. Currently, the average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $1.754 per gallon, which is 1.3 cents lower than last week's price, 4 cents higher than last month and 13 cents higher than last year. In San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , the price is $1.767, which is 1.1 cents below last week's level, 9 cents above last month and 12 cents above last year. Motorists in the central coast have an average price of $1.870, which is 1.3 cents lower than last week's price, 3 cents higher than last month and 18 cents higher than last year. "This is the third straight week of slow declines in prices at the pump. Since June 20, the price of regular gas has dipped 2.4 cents per gallon in the L.A. metro area This article is about the music production team. For the article about population centers, see metropolitan area. Metro Area are a Brooklyn-based dance music production team composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani. ," said Carol Thorp, spokesperson for the Automobile Club of Southern California The Automobile Club of Southern California was founded December 13, 1900 in Los Angeles as one of the nation's first motor clubs dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions. . "Wholesale gasoline prices have remained steady and there is ample supply. We expect this trend to continue for at least the next week." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for motoring trips. Average prices as of 12:01 a.m., July 11:
Change from
Area Regular last week Record Price
Los Angeles - Long Beach $1.754 -1.3 cents $2.167 (3/22/03)
San Diego $1.767 -1.1 cents $2.211 (3/20/03)
Santa Barbara -
Santa Maria - Lompoc $1.870 -1.3 cents $2.207 (3/22/03)
Las Vegas, NV $1.672 -4.3 cents $2.063 (3/25/03)
Phoenix, AZ $1.619 -2.6 cents $2.003 (3/22/03)
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